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There are 4 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Hollies discography
From: Alan Gordon
2. David Gates
From: Bryan
3. Re: You Can't Lose Something.........
From: Simon White
4. Re: Rubber Soul/Stereo/Mono
From: Richard Hattersley
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:58:05 -0700
From: Alan Gordon
Subject: Hollies discography
Hey folks:
Is there a Hollies expert in here? I'm a big fan of the very early stuff. I have
on CD "In The Hollies Style," "The EP Collection," "The Other Side Of The
Hollies Plus," "Rarities," and the three Sundazed CDs. What I'm curious about
is which other CDs do I need to have to have a fairly complete collection of
their early output, and without too much duplication?
You can get in touch with me off list.
Thanx a bunch in advance,
~albabe
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 12:41:47 -0700
From: Bryan
Subject: David Gates
Phil X. Milstein wrote:
> I've never heard of Gates' having recorded a slew of singles under a
> variety of pseudonymous artist credits. Did he serve in that capacity
> and I missed it, or did he somehow avoid recording his own voice
> prior to Bread?
David Gates recorded a couple of singles for Del-Fi, including one that
was credited to "The Country Boys" -- "The Okie Surfer" (Del-Fi 4245,
June 1964) -- and I'm sure you also know he wrote many songs for
Del-Fi artists (including Johnny Crawford) and played on a million
sessions, too. I don't think he used aliases the way that Barry White
did. I think it was his production of The Pleasure Faire's album (UNI
73009, 1967) that led to the formation of Bread, so he must have been
doing a little lead vocalizin' in the studio, leading to them cutting a demo
for David Anderle of Elektra, but I'm sure there are other people on this
list more qualified to give more details.
Bryan
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 20:30:12 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Re: You Can't Lose Something.........
Al Kooper wrote -
> Re: You Can't Lose Something.........The only released
> version I know of was on MGM circa 1965 by Bruce Scott
> and it was pretty good. Jimmy Radcliffe did the demo
> however, so that might have ended up on a British album
> at the time. Ernest Evans? I think not....
Thanks Al - I've played it to musica so maybe you could confirm?
Simon White
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 18:48:04 +0000
From: Richard Hattersley
Subject: Re: Rubber Soul/Stereo/Mono
Joe Nelson:
> Likewise, try the Beatles' Rubber Soul album......
I heard from a George Martin quote, that another reason RS
was mixed wide with noting in the centre was that they were
worried about people who may hear the mix in reduced MONO.
Things that are panned in the centre appear louder when reduced
which would wreck the balance. When Revolver came out they must
have come to their senses and realised people who forked out for
a stereo album are not likely to listen in mono. So that album
was mixed track in the centre,vocals out either side (mostly).
What I can not understand is When George Martin remixed RS for
CD in 1987, why did did he mimick the original wide stereo
version in stead of mixing it the way they did on the Yellow
Submarine songtrack many years later. Nowhere man and Think for
Yourself both sound better on that album.
Richard
http://www.wiz.to/richardsnow
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